Pump.



H. W. KIMES.

PUMP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1914.

1,128,792, Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

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HUGH Tv". RIMES, O]? DAYTON. OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE VAILE-KIMES COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PU'MP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16,1915.

Application filed March 7, 1914. Serial No. 823.169.

T0 071 M27101]? it may concern:

Be it known that I. HUGH V. Knins,

a citizen, of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

' This invention relates to pumps and more particularly to motor-operated pumps for forcing water into a storage tank in which the water is confined under air pressure to cause it to be distributed through a water distribution system. Not infrequently the air which is confined within the tank will gradually escape therefrom, thus reducing the pressure which can be secured and, consequently, reducing the pressure of the water at the faucets.

It is the object of the present invention to provide means whereby this pressure can be readily increased at will, and, to this end, it is a further object of the invention to provide a hand-operated air pump which can be quickly and easily mounted upon the support for the motor-operated pump and will force air into the discharge line of the water pump and through this line into the storage tank.

By making this device detachable it not only can be readily attached to motor-pumps which have gone into service but can be readily removed should its presence on the support for the motor-pump cause any inconvenience, as it might when the motorpump is mounted above the sink in a kitchen or in a similar location. Asit is necessary to supply the tank with additional air only at infrequent intervals the removal and re-attaching of the pump would cause little inconvenience.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of one type of motoroperated pump with my invention applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is an end elevationof what is shown in Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention I provide a hand-operated air pump of such a character that it can be quickly and easily secured to some part of the motor-operated pump, such, for example, as the supporting bracket therefor, and I connect the discharge of the air pump with the discharge line of the water pump so that the air will be pumped through this discharge .line into the storage tank.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a motor-operated pump of a well known character, the pump being a double cylinder pump, as indicated at 1. and being directly connected with a double cylinder water motor 2. Both the pump and the motor are mounted upon a supporting base or table 3 which is carried by a bracket 4 rigidly secured to the wall or other supporting surface. The pump 1 is connected with a storage tank, which is not here shown, by a pipe 5 having an elbow 6. It .will be understood that this particular type of motor is chosen for the purpose of illustration only and that the invention is not to be limited thereto but is applicable to motor-operated pumps of other kinds. It will also be understood that the particular type of air pump shown in the drawings is not an essential characteristic of the invention.

The air pump, as here shown, comprises a cylinder 7 having therein the usual piston 8 and piston rod 9, the latter being connected at its outer end with a lever 10 comprising an operating handle, and preferably provided at one end with a hand grip 11. The cylinder is provided at its rear end with apertured lugs 12 arranged to cooperate with outwardly extending ribs 13 of the bracket 4 to secure'the cylinder 7 thereto.

The ribs themselves are provided with apertures arranged to register with the apertures in the lugs 12 and to receive a pin or shaft 14 which extends through the lugs and the ribs 13. This shaft may be removably held in position by any suitable means, such as a cotter pin 15. The handle or lever 10 is also connected to a part of the bracket 4 and, in the present instance, the bracket has apertured lugs 16 adapted to receive the end of the lever 10 between them and to be secured thereto by means of a pin or shaft 17 which is also held in position by means of a cotter pin 18.

It will -be apparent that the construction of the connecting devices is of such a character that the air-pump can be very quickly and very easily attached to the motor-operatedpump by a person entirely devoid of mechanical knowledge and without the use of tools. A pipe 19 extends from the discharge port of the air pump to the discharge. line of the water pumoand may be connected to the discharge line either in the valve chamber above the valve or at some point along the pipe 5. In this instance the connection is made to the elbow 6 close to the water pump. To this end, the elbow is permanently provided with avalvecontrolled nipple 20 to which the end ofthe pipe 19 is connected by ascrew coupling 21. When it is desired to remove the air pump the valve in the nipple is closed and the coupling member 21 detached therefrom. After the pump has been connected to the bracket the lever 10 projects in such a position that the hand grip 11 can be readily grasped and the pump operated. It will be noted that the pivotal support for the cylinilcr permits the same to have a pivotal movement to accommodate it to the swing of the lever about its fixed axis.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention it will be understood that this has been chosen for the in-poses of illustration only, and that I do not desire to be limited to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a motor-operated water pump having its discharge line connected with a storage tank for water and air. of a support for said pump adapted to be mounted in an elevated position and having supplemental supporting means, and a hand-operated air pump having means to dctachably connect it to said supplemental supporting means and having a discharge pipe adapted for connection with the discharge line of said water pump.

2. The combination, with a motor-operated water pump having its discharge line connected with a storage tank for water and air, of a bracket to support said pump,said bracket having parallel ribs projecting from the surface thereof and forming lugs, a handoperated air pump having a part adapted to extend between said ribs, and a pin to pivotally connect said part to said ribs, said air pump having, a discharge pipe adapted for connection with the discharge line of said water pump.

3. The combination. with a motor-operated water pump having its discharge line connected with a storage tank for air and water, and a bracket to support said pump, of an air pump comprising a cylinder pivotally connected at one end to said bracket and having a piston rod, and a lever pivotally connected with said bracket and with said piston rod, and a pipe extending from said air cvlinder to the discharge line of said water pump.

4. The combination, with a motor-operated water pump having its discharge line connected with a storage tank for air and water, and a bracket to support said pump, of anair pump comprising a cylinder pivotally connected at one end to said bracket and having a piston rod, a lever pivotally connected with said bracket and with said piston rod, a pipe extending from said air cylinder to the discharge line of said water pump, anda valve-controlled nipple interposed between said pipe and said discharge line and detachably connected with said pipe.

In testimon whereof, I afiix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

HUGH W. KIMES.

Witnesses:

F. W. SCHAEFER, EDWARD S. REED. 

